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What should Sarah do with a fantastic, full-time job opportunity that was recently offered to her on a silver platter (because she's a goddess of the long-form television edit)?
It's the classic calculus: How can we balance career aspirations with raising children, especially in New York City where great jobs come with great salaries and every dollar counts?
Sarah is a freelancer right now. She chooses her own hours, and has managed to carve out two full weekdays to spend with Asher. Both of us love that our son can spend quality time with his Mommy, rather than with a nanny or in some sort of childcare that extends until 7pm, when one of us gets off work. We've budgeted so that Asher and Sarah's time together is an affordable luxury - nearly unheard of in New York City.
It's funny - If you would have asked either of us as recently as a couple of years ago whether we'd turn away from impressive career trajectories in order to spend more time our child, we would have likely responded with something about being able to do both. Guess what folks, that ain't possible - at least in the Big Apple.
It's all about trade-offs.
What should Sarah do with a fantastic, full-time job opportunity that was recently offered to her on a silver platter (because she's a goddess of the long-form television edit)?
It's the classic calculus: How can we balance career aspirations with raising children, especially in New York City where great jobs come with great salaries and every dollar counts?
Sarah is a freelancer right now. She chooses her own hours, and has managed to carve out two full weekdays to spend with Asher. Both of us love that our son can spend quality time with his Mommy, rather than with a nanny or in some sort of childcare that extends until 7pm, when one of us gets off work. We've budgeted so that Asher and Sarah's time together is an affordable luxury - nearly unheard of in New York City.
It's funny - If you would have asked either of us as recently as a couple of years ago whether we'd turn away from impressive career trajectories in order to spend more time our child, we would have likely responded with something about being able to do both. Guess what folks, that ain't possible - at least in the Big Apple.
It's all about trade-offs.
posted by isaacjosephson at 8:26 AM
1 Comments:
You guys had hinted at this the other night, but I'll just say this - I know it is different for everyone, but I went back FT when Oliver was Asher's age exactly and it was hard in the beginning but has turned out to be a great decision. And I truly think that good daycare options exist out there, especially in our neighborhood there are some great ones, and at this age (17 mos-2yrs and on) the kids actually enjoy being around other kids during the day and learn a lot from each other.
Fun decisions - aren't they? Good luck and congrats Sarah!
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